The end-of-season review of predictions does not make for comforting reading for John Roycroft.

This season may not be ed for the quality of matches but will live long in the memory of fans for so many clubs, writes John Roycroft

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta bemoaned his side's luck when exiting the Champions League but the blame for their fruitless season lies with the club's inaction in the transfer market, writes John Roycroft 

Arsenal came up short against PSG on Wednesday, a team that has taken plenty Premier League scalps this season. Have the Gunners and England teams met their match in a change of style sweeping the continent asks John Roycroft.

Cork native Caoimhin Kelleher is about to collect a Premier League winner's medal with Liverpool in the coming days, yet he is expected to part company with Liverpool in order to guarantee first-team appearances, writes John Roycroft. 

The race for Champions League qualification is all that remains in question in the Premier League now. And it looks like it might go down to the wire, writes John Roycroft

Another week where the seemingly erroneous decisions of VAR has overshadowed the actual performance of the teams playing, writes John Roycroft 

This weekend's FA Cup quarter finals offers a great opportunity to so many sides that have had to wait for glory in the venerated competition, writes John Roycroft

Two managers yet to win a trophy in the English game meet in tomorrow's Carabao Cup final in Wembley. But their sides' success in this cup couldn't be starker, writes John Roycroft.

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim faces the decision on whether to commit his side to the old Premier League rivalry against Arsenal on Sunday or save his resources for the Europa League second leg on Thursday, writes John Roycroft

The FA Cup struggles to make headlines these days but still offers the remaining teams left in the fifth round a realistic chance at silverware, writes John Roycroft

Liverpool face defending Premier League champions Manchester City tomorrow after a run of indifferent results that has raised questions on their potential to secure the title, writes John Roycroft  

The Merseyside derby was supposed to be a fond farewell to Goodison Park but ended up like so many derbies, in argument and controversy. John Roycroft wonders how this will impact Liverpool's title hunt?

Liverpool looked a lot more fallible in their midweek draw with Newcastle with Caoimhin Kelleher been the unfortunate fall guy for a late equaliser, writes John Roycroft

Tomorrow sees Liverpool host Manchester City in the top-of-the-table clash at Anfield. With either side experiencing vastly different form heading into the encounter, writes John Roycroft

Algorithms are probably the future but they are also stuck in the recent past

Last Sunday's 7-0 win by Liverpool against Man United was an unbelievable and humiliating result for United. But John Roycroft thinks it is a freakish result that United can recover from and Liverpool can build on.

John Roycroft takes a look at the FA Cup third round where traditionally the final contenders the competition. 

The departure of Sadio Mané from Liverpool will come as bad news for many Reds. His boots will be hard to fill. John Roycroft looks at why he is leaving and what Liverpool have done to replace the star performer.

John Roycroft looks ahead to a summer of football without a major tournament but with an early return of the Premier League

Even though Liverpool are closer to completing an unprecedented quadruple haul of titles, it now looks less likely to happen according to John Roycroft. Not with what is happening on the field but rather the decisions being made by the Premier League and the TV stations covering the league.

This week saw Liverpool get the better of both their rivals in the neighbouring city. But John Roycroft thinks that the team selections made by the two Manchester managers gave Jurgen Klopp a major advantage.

John Roycroft looks at some of the winners and losers of the winter transfer window merry go round.

Idah has shown his worth as part of a dynamic partnership with Norwich in recent weeks and John Roycroft thinks that Stephen Kenny might try a similar tactic with the Corkman in Ireland's set-up.

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah laid out his clearest public demand for a new contract in a controversial magazine interview while away with Egypt at AFCON. But as John Roycroft points out, both negotiating parties have hard red lines that neither side is willing to cross.

Once again, the Christmas fixture schedule has had an effect on the Premier League title race. John Roycroft looks at how the closest title race in years has changed so dramatically in a matter of weeks.

John Roycroft gives his ratings for the Premier League sides as we reach the season's midpoint. 

The Christmas and 'Boxing Day' fixture crush is a long tradition of English top-tier football. John Roycroft looks how this will affect the title contenders in this most competitive of Premier League seasons. 

Fans and pundits alike are continually upset at the decision process of the Video Assistant Referee in the Premier League. But as John Roycroft develops, it's the referees themselves, rather than VAR technology, that is still getting the critical decisions wrong.

Even though he has just been named the new Aston Villa manager, speculation already started on when Steven Gerrard will return to his boyhood club of Liverpool. But John Roycroft points out the pitfalls any rushed return may await Gerrard should he ever replace Jurgen Klopp at Anfield 

Liverpool remain unbeaten so far this season, but John Roycroft sees a similarity to the free-flowing entertaining Liverpool side of the 2018/2019 season, when draws managed to deny the Reds' a precious league title for the first time in 29 years.

Many happy returns in the Premier League, as John Roycroft casts an eye over the early season events across the water.

John Roycroft reflects on the English soccer campaign, where Man City regained their crown

Under the Glazer family ownership, both on and off the field decisions have rubbed the Manchester United faithful the wrong way.

The seemingly never-ending instances of marginal and incorrect VAR decisions are killing the game as a spectacle and is simply unfair on players and fans alike.